Lion Stout

Brewed by Lion Brewery (Ceylon)
Style: Foreign Stout
Nuwara Eliya & Biyagama, Sri Lanka

Bottle. Pours dark brown/black with a large brown head. Aroma is coffee, vanilla, and hints of chocolate, plus something oddly vegetal (olives?). Flavor is sweet dark malt, with a good amount of roast and the same vegetal character, and chocolate especially in the finish. Smooth velvety mouthfeel. An interesting beer. Some odd flavors (which don’t detract in my opiion), but also very well balanced malt structure. I like it quite a bit.

Really enjoyed this beer...mahogany edges but black at the core, this beer sports a nice 1-inch khaki head. Aroma is that of tobacco, chocolate, espresso, and vanilla. Taste also exhibits the same tobacco and roasted malt characteristics. Sweet and interesting. A bit oily but overall a nice surprise!!!

625 Ml bottle at King Eider Pud, Black pour with overabundant tan head. Aromas of malt, chocolate and some odd herbal( or olive) notes. Mouthfeel is silky but a tiny bit watery in the finish. Muddled chocolate and Espresso bean flavors. Decent but slightly disappointing.

Pours black with a thick chocolate brown head. Picture perfect for a stout. Smell is overpoweringly herbal. I don’t know if this is because it hasn’t traveled well or what. Behind that herbal stuff is some roasty malts. The flavor is much more agreeable. Roasty malts, bitter chocolate, vanilla. A hint of espresso. All the right flavors are there. Mouthfeel is light and airy, but at the same time kinda oily. Not a bad stout overall.

Bottle poured to glass. Pours black with a rich 3 fingered tan head. Smells of burnt malt grains and mild coffee notes. Tastes strongly like burnt molasses and expresso mixed together. Creamy in the mouth feel even though it appears watery. Slight lacing on the glass. Would have given a 5 for appearance had the lacing been a little better.

Big head of a milk chocolat brown colour and the firmness of a pannacotta. Big aroma of coffe and dark chokolate that also are present in the taste. A balanced beer but with a big body.

(6/21/08) Bottle at my hostel in Leipzig. Black color with a big brown creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and notes of cocoa. Sweet flavor of roasted chocolate, malt and some caramel. Medium-bodied. A very nice stout.

Pours almost black and opaque w/ a tall lasting head. Aromas of roasted veggies and chocolate. Medium full nectar w/ mellow residual effers creating an oily texture. Flavors are very old world w/ a defined souring and a mild sweetness. Dark cocoa, coffee bean, black cherry, leather, and earth. The finish lingers w/ a sweetness and mild bittering. Alcohol is well hidden. Overall: it’s a solid example with an old world disposition. Drinks better as it warms.